Airport incident

Bucharest, Otopeni Airport, 30 December 2007, 11:27 am.
A Tarom flight after getting the permission to take off hits a van which was stopped by at the airport runway. All people aboard frightened, the plane already had 250 km/h speed. Due to the skilful pilot the plane managed to stop finally. Within one and half minutes everybody left the plane succesfully at the emergency exit. As a result of the accident the plane was seriosly damaged. The van was destroyed entirely. There were no casualties but most passangers were extremely frightened, and considering sueing the airport.
This was a very serious incident as the airport officials noted. Still many questions remaining, and especially: how can a flight get permission to take off while the runway is not clear? These things happen in Romania...